AM35x application processors are based on the ARM® Cortex™-A8 core, which offers with more than four times the processing power of todays 300MHz ARM9 devices. The superscalar 500 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 core provides 1000 Dhrystone million instructions per second (MIPS) and the AM3517 has an integrated PowerVR™ SGX graphics engine from Imagination Technologies.

 Features:

AM3517/05 ARM Microprocessor:

• • Software Compatible with OMAP™ 3 Processors**
  • MPU Subsystem
    • 500-Mhz ARM Cortex-A8 Core
    • NEON SIMD Coprocessor and Vector floating point (FP) co-processor
  • Memory Interfaces:
    • 16/32 -bit DDR2 Interface with 1 GByte total addressable space
    • General Purpose Memory Interface supporting 16-bit Wide Multiplexed Address/Data bus
    • 64 K-Byte shared SRAM
    • 3 Removable Removable Media
    • Interfaces [MMC/SD/SDIO]
  • IO Voltage: DDR2 IOs: 1.8V; Other IOs: 1.8V and 3.3V,1.2V Core Voltage
  • Commerial and Industrial temperature grade*
  • 16-bit Video Input Port capable of capturing HD video
  • 491-pin sBGA package (17x17, .65 mm pitch)
  • HD resolution Display Subsystem
  • Serial Communication
    • High-End CAN Controller
    • 10/100 Mbit Ethernet MAC
    • USB OTG subsystem with standard DP/DM interface[HS/FS/LS]

Description:

 

AM3517/05 high-performance, industrial applications processors with video, image, and graphics processing sufficient to support the following:

• Single Board Computers
• Home and Industrial automation
• Digital Signage

The device supports high-level operating systems (OSs), such as:

• Linux
• Windows CE

The following subsystems are part of the device:

• Microprocessor unit (MPU) subsystem based on the ARM Cortex-A8 microprocessor
• POWERVR SGX™ Graphics Accelerator (AM3517 Device only) Subsystem for 3D graphics acceleration to support display and gaming effects (3517 only)
• Display subsystem with several features for multiple concurrent image manipulation, and a programmable interface supporting a wide variety of displays.